Wallace says Tigers should trade DeledioAl Paton
Herald Sun
5 Sept. 2016THE man who brought Brett Deledio to Richmond as a No.1 draft pick in 2004 now says the Tigers need to trade him to another club.
Terry Wallace says Richmond has failed to nail its draft picks since Dustin Martin arrived in 2009, and made the problem worse by recycling ready-made players rather than developing its own.
Wallace said trading Deledio plus the likely departures of three first-round draft picks — Reece Conca, Ty Vickery and Ben Lennon — could allow the Tigers to keep their No.6 pick in this year’s draft.
That selection is expected to head to Gold Coast in a swap for Dion Prestia.
That would deal Richmond out of the draft until the third round after the Tigers gave away their second-round pick to the Suns last year as part of the Chris Yarran deal.
“If you want Dion Prestia in and you don’t want to give away pick six, I think you could actually work this one,” Wallace said.
He said Deledio was worth a late first-round pick while the Tigers could pick up second-round selections for Lennon and Conca.
Vickery’s departure would trigger a free agent compensation pick, also likely to be in the second round.
Wallace said that could allow Richmond to package up selections worth more points to Gold Coast than pick six.
Deledio says he hasn’t met with any other clubs and trade speculation is “all hearsay and rumour”.
The 29-year-old is the last surviving recruit from Wallace’s first draft as Richmond coach.
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